Nat King Coles song; Mona Lisa is an Academy Award-winning song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950). <br /> <br />Songwriters: DUPLESSIS, JERRY/JEAN, WYCLEF / <br />-artist: nat king cole <br />-peak billboard position # 1 for 8 weeks in 1950 <br />-words and music by jay livingston and ray evans <br />-academy award winner from the film "captain carey, u.s.a" starring alan ladd <br /> <br />Mona lisa, mona lisa, men have named you <br />You're so like the lady with the mystic smile <br />Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you? <br />For that mona lisa strangeness in your smile? <br /> <br />Do you smile to tempt a lover, mona lisa? <br />Or is this your way to hide a broken heart? <br />Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep <br />They just lie there and they die there <br />Are you warm, are you real, mona lisa? <br />Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art? <br /> <br />Do you smile to tempt a lover, mona lisa? <br />Or is this your way to hide a broken heart? <br />Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep <br />They just lie there and they die there <br />Are you warm, are you real, mona lisa? <br />Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art? <br /> <br />Mona lisa, mona lisa
